CRNA

About the role

Our total compensation ranges from $297,000 to $317,000 annually which includes a 6% employer contribution plus up to 4% 403(b) match. We will offer a $30,000 moving stipend/sign on bonus to make relocation efforts effortless. Paid Time Off details: 11 weeks off 1st year, then 10 weeks off annually, including vacation, holidays, personal leave, sick and CME time. For any work beyond your clinical commitment, you'll earn $145 per hour. All of this comes with the added bonus of living and working in beautiful Utah!

Responsibilities

• Performs preoperative evaluation by assessing staff notes, progress notes, lab work, and patient histories to determine the most appropriate anesthetic management.
• May order additional analyses, consultations, lab work, and peri-anesthetic medications as warranted.
• Monitors functioning of all equipment and induces general and/or regional anesthesia by using anesthesia procedures and methods.
• Manages the anesthetic procedure by monitoring appropriate physical, physiochemical, and biochemical indicators such as blood pressure, heart rate, EKG, blood loss, patient position, pulmonary compliance, arterial blood bases, etc.
• Adjusts anesthesia procedures as required; informs other medical personnel of all necessary developments.
• Oversees recovery from anesthesia by observing the appropriate indicators in surgery as well as the post-anesthesia recovery room; performs post-operative evaluation.
• Makes appropriate entries in staff notes, on anesthesia records, and in the patients' charts.

Work environment

• Nearly continuously: Office environment.
• Often: Infectious disease, oils (there is air or skin exposure to oils or other cutting fluids), hazards (includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, or exposure to chemicals).

Physical requirements

• Nearly continuously: Hearing, listening, talking, walking.
• Often: Repetitive hand motion (such as typing), standing.
• Seldom: Bending, reaching overhead.

Qualifications

• Certification by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA).
• Current registered nurse licensure in the state of Utah.
• Demonstrated human relation and effective communication skills.
• The CRNA certification is granted after successful completion of an AANA approved curriculum of coursework; 24 months of concurrent practicum experience or equivalency (2 years related work experience may be substituted for 1 year of education); and passing scores on a national exam administered by AANA.
• Bi-annual recertification is contingent on continuing professional practice plus 40 hours of continuing education units.
• This position is patient-sensitive and must fulfill all associated requirements. We protect our patients, coworkers, and community by requiring all patient-sensitive employees to be immunized according to CDC standards and hospital policy. Limited exemptions may be made for documented medical contraindications or religious beliefs that object to vaccinations.